EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G3 - Coniferous woodland > G3.4 - Pinus sylvestris woodland south of the taiga > G3.42 - Middle European Pinus sylvestris forests > G3.423 - Western Eurasian steppe pine forests > G3.4233 - Carpathian steppe Pinus sylvestris woods

Carpathian steppe Pinus sylvestris woods

English name: Carpathian steppe Scots pine woods

Description (English)

Local xerophile Pinus sylvestris steppe woods of sub-Pannonic low Carpathian spurs of southwestern and southeastern Slovakia and of the Slovakian inner Carpathian basins, with Cornus mas, Brachypodium pinnatum, Melica nutans, Luzula luzuloides, Hypochoeris maculata, Buglossoides purpurocaerulea, Lathyrus niger, Vicia dumetorum, Melittis melissophyllum, Digitalis grandiflora, Viola collina, Achillea distans, Euphorbia epithymoides, Orchis purpurea.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G3.4233
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Pinus sylvestris

Flowering Plants Achillea distans

Flowering Plants Brachypodium pinnatum

Flowering Plants Buglossoides purpurocaerulea

Flowering Plants Cornus mas

Flowering Plants Digitalis grandiflora

Flowering Plants Euphorbia epithymoides

Flowering Plants Lathyrus niger

Flowering Plants Luzula luzuloides

Flowering Plants Melica nutans

Flowering Plants Melittis melissophyllum

Flowering Plants Orchis purpurea

Flowering Plants Vicia dumetorum

Flowering Plants Viola collina

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Pinus sylvestris		Conifers
Achillea distans		Flowering Plants
Brachypodium pinnatum		Flowering Plants
Buglossoides purpurocaerulea		Flowering Plants
Cornus mas		Flowering Plants
Digitalis grandiflora		Flowering Plants
Euphorbia epithymoides		Flowering Plants
Lathyrus niger		Flowering Plants
Luzula luzuloides		Flowering Plants
Melica nutans		Flowering Plants
Melittis melissophyllum		Flowering Plants
Orchis purpurea		Flowering Plants
Vicia dumetorum		Flowering Plants
Viola collina		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	42.5233	Carpathian steppe pine woods	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.2.	Coniferous forest	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.4233	Carpathian steppe Pinus sylvestris woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.4233	Carpathian steppe Pinus sylvestris woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.422	Carpathian steppe Pinus sylvestris woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	42.5233	Carpathian steppe pine woods	same

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